Hi,
I've got a question related to the HTC One X. More specifically, all of a sudden my soft keys (back, home, options) started not working. The thing is, I took a look over eBay, and a screen replacement doesn't seem to be that expensive.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure which I would need to buy. I saw there is a LCD screen and a screen digitizer. Which one would I need, or would I need both? I've seen that basically the bottom keys are all connected to a strip and I figure that if I change that that part of the phone, my problem should be solved.
Now, another question would be if I should do it alone, or should I take my phone to a specialist? Taking a look over some YouTube videos, I saw that it's not that complicated to replace the screen of the phone. However, I wouldn't want to start something that would end up messing my phone ever worse than before. I'm not completely retarded when it comes to electronics, but still, better to be on the safe side.
I'm just hoping that some of you guys did this before or has experience with this sort of stuff and can offer some tips.
Thanks a bunch.
You'll need to screen and the digitizer, trying to separate then without destroying either is virtually impossible. The best option if to have it done professionally, but that is also the more expensive option obviously. If you have the right tools and the capability you can do it yourself, but I wouldn't try it unless your confident.
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So I have a HTC Fuze from At&t.
Last week I noticed a small circle under the LCD screen but didn't think anything of it. I already have that issue almost everyone else has with rectangular "boxes" under the lcd that did not affect performance.
Now this circle is entirely different. Pixels still light up under it but now the touchscreen thinks I'm always touching that one small spot on the bottom right. I can't do anything unless I slide it open and navigate via keyboard. The hard keys still work on the front.
So what to do now?
1. Replace lcd although I searched this forum and it doesn't seem the most popular route
2. get At&t to replace it / HTC, doubtful since it looks like it could be my fault and I didn't buy a warrenty plan anyways.
3. buy another phone
Any ideas? Anyone have the same problem?
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So I have a HTC Fuze from At&t.
Last week I noticed a small circle under the LCD screen but didn't think anything of it. I already have that issue almost everyone else has with rectangular "boxes" under the lcd that did not affect performance.
Now this circle is entirely different. Pixels still light up under it but now the touchscreen thinks I'm always touching that one small spot on the bottom right. I can't do anything unless I slide it open and navigate via keyboard. The hard keys still work on the front.
So what to do now?
1. Replace lcd although I searched this forum and it doesn't seem the most popular route
2. get At&t to replace it / HTC, doubtful since it looks like it could be my fault and I didn't buy a warrenty plan anyways.
3. buy another phone
Any ideas? Anyone have the same problem?
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Do you have a screen protector on it? The easiest & cheapest thing to do is just replace the screen. It's not very hard if you're the least bit technical.
Sooo, my Touch Pro has acquired many scratches along the way, and the buttons are a bit wonky. The home button has a sort of... Fold towards the upper left edge of it, the spacebar and backspace button requires more firm press for it to respond and I'm thinking of giving it a new lease of life.
As for the scratches, I was wondering would Brasso work? What would you guys reccomend? Same goes for the other teency problemos that's starting to get me to hate my TP day by day xD
Pick up an OEM case/keyboard (digitizer if screen scratched) off eBay, have some genuine cases off recycled devices at graded conditions.
Any other option is pointless.
Interesting, I've been attempting to search for guides on xda-developoers regarding how to change them pieces of hardware but I can't find any.
Do you know of a guide somewhere or would the process require more of an intuitive approach? They keyboard's top priority at the moment sooo, the rest can wait xD
How bout the screen itself? There's no deep scratches, just minor ones from daily wear and tear accumulated over the months, how would I get rid of em? Or AT LEAST make em almost unnoticable? =D
As for the buttons on the main screen (the ones with the call and hang up buttons), is there any way to replace them or am I stuck with em forever?
EDIT: I popped through the archives and found a couple of links, now to actually know how to replace them :s What I'm gonna be replacing would be they keyboard as a priority, but at the same time, I'd like to know how to replace the digitizer or the LCD itself. I heard the latter would be a more complicated process and due to a teenager's allowance, I doubt I can afford to lose this phone or break the parts that I plan on buying xD
Service manual can be found in wiki & via google search.
Screen replacement tips can be found in some threads & youtube may have some guides too.
It is not too hard if you read up well on dismantling & take a lot of care.
You could always strip it down before commiting to purchasing parts and then you can judge your chances of successful reassembly before commiting $
Another option could be buying a device with hardware fault if housing & screen good !
Hello,
I've recently been given a Galaxy S3 phone. The phone has preciously been dropped in from what i understand it some water. Now the thing is. The phone's touchscreen is broken as in the touch doesn't work. the LCD however works so you can clearly see the image. Now for the rest the phone works. When you charge it up and start it. It functions properly loads up the operating system even the alarms work well i can't really press anything since the touch is fried but everything else looks good. So now i am about to order a touch screen + lcd replacement for it, including a backplate since it's kind of bruised. My question is what is your opinion of this.
The phone has previous been taken to a store where they demanded 300 euro to fix it under the condition that the touch screen was broken. So it has been researched from what i assume were professionals.
Before you ask i have plenty of knowledge with repairing fixing delicate computer equipment i have no knowledge of how to change a screen however plenty of online videos about it and it doesn't really look that difficult. Now my question is do you think the phone would work if i am to change the LCD + Touch.
My sister just broke her moto x pure.
The display works, however the digitizer do not works correctly. Cannot post pictures because the wallpaper is containing private information and i cannot change it.
She cannot use the entire screen.
For example on the lockscreen, she cannot use the 8. And the other digits works very badly. So she cannot unlock her phone.
What should I replace (screen, digitizer...) and where should I find the replacement part ?
Thank for your help
You'll need to replace both the digitizer + display as they come together. If you are good at repairing phones, you can get the display from eBay or else send your phone to service center if you don't. I would suggest you to send it to the service center.
You could use a USB OTG cable to connect a mouse and thus regain control of the device in order to clear any sensitive information prior to having someone fix it. I have bought and fixed several Moto X pure edition phones with cracked screens for family members. Most of them did alright, but one phone had the screen replaced, then a cow stepped on it. Although it didn't crack, after a while parts of the screen stopped responding to touch. The screen I replaced it with has not been damaged at all, but parts of it have stopped responding to touch as well. Sometimes I wonder if these phones don't have a particularly weak and easily damaged screen. I sometimes get my replacement screens from GadgetFix. If you fix it yourself make absolutely sure that you get a screen+frame assembly. It's just a few dollars more, and totally worth it. And be careful when you transfer the speaker grill trim to the new screen that you don't press hard enough to crack the screen.
Thanks you, I think I will change the screen and the frame.
https://m.ebay.com/itm/For-Motorola...%3A7550533015e0a9cbd9f98f63fff20079%7Ciid%3A2
Is this what I should buy ?
The screen that you posted does not include the frame. I briefly looked on eBay; you might find one with the frame included for a few dollars less than gadget fix, but for simplicity I just linked this one. On the back side of the display you will notice the screw inserts. That is what you need to look for.
https://gadgetfix.com/motorola-moto...screen-touch-screen-digitizer-frame-7447.html
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The screen that you posted does not include the frame. I briefly looked on eBay; you might find one with the frame included for a few dollars less than gadget fix, but for simplicity I just linked this one. On the back side of the display you will notice the screw inserts. That is what you need to look for.
https://gadgetfix.com/motorola-moto...screen-touch-screen-digitizer-frame-7447.html
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Thanks !
Could you point me to a tutorial or a video explaining how to change the screen
I believe that Ifixit has a whole teardown tutorial for this phone. If not just search YouTube for (phone model) screen replacement, watch it a time or two, and then pause it while you do each individual step. If the first video you watch doesn't explain things in an understandable manner just watch another one. It's been a while since I searched for one, but I think there are at least a few good ones.
I had a repair shop try to fix my broken glass and they managed to screen up the whole display. According to them the glass and screen are integrated and they tried a second screen in case their first was just defective and it didn't work. Ultimately they blamed something like the PMCI port/card???
Anyway, they replaced the phone with a new one. The old one still works as my smart watch is still paired to it and I get alerts etc from it. So internally it seems all good, but the screen itself is just toast. So I have what seems to be a good phone but with no display.
What cool things can I do with it?
Is there a way to "hack" into it without the screen? In other words side-load something using only the physical buttons? For example boot into recovery mode and then click down 3 times and then... yaddie yadda.
I'm just trying to figure out if this thing is totally a lost cause or if I can still use it for something.
P.S. if it's a lost cause, how does one destroy old phones that can't be hard reset in order to recycle it? It has a sealed battery so drilling it or smashing it like old phones isn't really an option anymore.